Melia Castilla

Stuck here for a conference, thankfully work is paying for the room or I’d be pissed.
The free internet is absolutely crap. its slow as molasses and frequently disconnects. There is an upgrade but it looks overpriced (5mb speed for 24 hours costs 12 euros) and I doubt the connection is any more stable. Wifi bars in my room frequently dissapear
The constant banging is freaking annoying. The first night some woman in the next room was talking on her cellphone and kept me up into the early morning. I was then awoken at 6 sharp by someone else closing a door shaking the hollow walls.
The shower is awkward at best, in my room the faucet is falling out of the wall. The water temperature requires razor precision, but the tap adjuster requires significant force to adjust. The water doesn’t shoot very far from the wall meaning I was standing in part on the inclined edge of the tub to get under it.
The lighting fixutres are pretty spotty, occasionally flickering with the loud thuds of my neighbours.
The bed is not the best, but I’ve slept on worse. Luckily I’ll probably be sleep deprived from all the sound, so what sleep I get should be too deep to mind the sloping mattress.
The room seems clean, the a/​c is effective, and the cleaning staff are friendly (though they seem as sick of this place as I am).
…oh also the room has suicide windows. I’m on the 11^th floor and they just open right up.

Do not bother staying here if on a business trip. They cannot get the internet right even when you pay for the upgrade, unlike most other European hotels they don’t provide tea and or coffee service in-​room even in upgraded rooms, horrible eestaurant menus, etc. Okay if you are staying 1 night — miserable when stuck there for several days. I was unimpressed… with the hotel and the neighborhood around it where there are few places to eat and lots of smokers in the cafws. …and similar to my experience with the hotel chain in Barcelona as well. They wrre in the middle of nowhere. I thought I would give them a 2^nd try but this was the last one.

Hotel con muchos años y un poco de sentido rancio. Ya quedan pocos hoteles enmoquetados y con esos muebles de hace años.or lo demás su situación le hace estar siempre lleno y las convecciones y congresos están a la orden del día.
Buen buffet y buen trato.

My 500^th review!
Stayed here one night.
The rooms are nice. They have a (expensive) mini-​bar, safe, soap, shampoo, razor kit and more in the bathroom.
Towels are soft and good quality, as are the bed linens, pillows and covers. However, they didn’t have any face clothes — well, there was one on the bidet.
I think its nicer than some of the cookie-​cutter hotels in America.
Lots of folks working the front desk and related areas.
Wifi slows down — but its free.
Close to the football stadium, and restaurants in walking distance.
I recommend!

Wir waren zu einer Tagung in Madrid und haben für 4 Nächte in diesem tollen Hotel verbracht. Die Lage ist sehr gut und man hat –gerade was Gastronomie angeht– sehr viele gute Optionen in der Nähe. Das Hotel war sehr sauber und das Frühstück sehr gut. Die Zimmer waren überraschend groß.
Einziger kleiner Wermutstropfen waren die Fremdsprachenkenntnisse des Personals. Zwar war es an der Rezeption kein Problem, aber im Restaurant oder an der Bar sollte man zumindest gutes Englisch erwarten können.
Dennoch: Sehr empfehlenswert!

I was there for business and enjoyed the stay at the hotel. The staff was friendly, helpful, and professional. The interior decoration was classic Spanish despite it had a look of a modern building (15 floors). My room was big for the European standard with nice amenities provided.
Their breakfast, which was included in my rate, was complete with great selection of different food items. If you want omelet, look toward the right side of the dinner room upon entry at the back — easy to miss among all the counters that are filled with goodies.
This is a good business hotel but a bit of a hike to the downtown (about 20+ Euros taxi ride). Most of the dinner places around the hotel opens at 8 pm for dinner — so plan your days /​meeting accordingly.

I can second the opinion if the previous guest. Nice hotel with really excellent and friendly service. Clean and high end. The hotel bar is a little difficult to find and shops in the basement mall are almost all closed little sad.

Stayed here for 2 nights on business, for which it is absolutely fine. Rooms are a decent size, clean, and modern. Beds are comfortable. Good selection of two bars & two restaurants for those that don’t want to eat out. Helpful staff. Easy access from the airport, location is central enough to reach most morning meetings easily. Well stocked taxi rank just outside. Not much to fault. Perhaps the evening atmosphere could be a bit more jolly, and wouldn’t normally expect to pay for internet access.

He estado en innumerables ocasiones alojado en este hotel de cinco estrellas, en el que para mí le sobra una.
He estado desde la planta 5 a la planta 11 y la sensación que se me queda es que necesita un plan renove en la decoración de sus pasillos y zonas de transito, porque francamente una vez que cambias de planta y dejas atrás el hall, el hotel se nota ya muy trillado. Vamos que a mi me recuerda a un Meliá playero en el que estuve en Sta Cruz de Tenerife este verano.
Las habitaciones por dentro están bien aunque tienen unos muebles muy clásicos y unos cuadros/​grabados un poco feos. A veces tienen el detalle de ponerte un cestito con fruta y una botella de agua de Evian encima del mueble de la televisión como bienvenida.
El servicio y la atención son muy buenos, obviamente si tenemos en cuenta que estamos en un hotel de cinco. El precio de las habitaciones oscila mucho, durante la semana son prohibitivas pero durante el fin de semana, debido a que es un hotel para ejecutivos y polvos de nivel, los precios son más asequibles. Sirva como referencia los 4,5 euros que cuesta un simple café con leche en la cafetería del hall.

Hotel de lujo con todos los servicios propios de un alojamiento de estas características. Un edificio imponente con más de 900 habitaciones. Cuentan con Televisión — con ningún canal de música -, aire acondicionado y calefacción, Internet WIFI de alta velocidad, baño, caja de seguridad electrónica con cabida para un ordenador, mini bar, y servicio de habitaciones las 24 horas entre otros servicios.
Una tarde — noche, acudí allí a encontrarme con una azafata amiga mía a la que obsequié una botella de vino para que la compartiese con los suyos. Decidió compartirla conmigo, llamó a recepción porque no tenía abridor, y por ese hecho la tarifa era de cinco euros. Accedimos, pagué con 10 euros, y en el camino por lo correspondiente a la propina me sacaron otros 30 céntimos. Algunos hoteleros confunden el lujo, con el abuso.

I stayed in this hotel as part of a large conference in June. The conference rooms were pretty good but the rest of the hotel failed to live up to its billing. The rooms were dark and unloved and certainly not good enough for a hotel at this price level. There was an air of dustiness about the corridors and an odd lounge near the lifts which looked like it had not been sat in for many years. Most disappointing of all was the pool however. It is unheated and, admittedly early in the season, in too dark a spot to get warm — I’ve had warmer swims in the sea around England. If you’re coming here for a conference try and stay in another hotel nearby — there seem to be plenty.

Très bien situé pour les déplacements professionnels
En plein coeur du quartier d’affaires et à deux pas du Bernabeú, cet hôtel propose tout le confort nécessaire pour les déplacements professionnels. Comme beaucoup d’hôtels à Madrid, il offre un bon standing à un prix très correct.

CLASICO MELIA
En la zona de expansión de Madrid, junto a la Plaza de Castilla y a un paso de la estación de Chamartín, el Meliá ofrece unos muy buenos servicios: tal vez algo masificado y muy lleno de personas deambulando en los alrededores. Servicios muy correctos